Friday, October 9, 2009

Cohons ...

The snail of Cohons is a part of about fifteenstone kiosks . "Snail"-like constructions are notuncommon in the southern part of Upper Marne.Stemming from the tradition of "labyrinths-mounds"more former, "Snails" are in the form of truncatedcone and support (bear) in their suburb ofthe successive terraces or more generally,a road in spiral going of the base to the summit.

Architects are well aware of what the spiralrepresents: "everlasting movement".In a more mystical way, it is the impetustowards infinity, the quest to perfectionsource: tourisme-langres.com